Sunday, March 7
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
Scarlet Street
We had a different title lined up for this date, but it's been moved to April or May, so we'll be showing this lesser-known disturbing Fritz Lang film noir classic from 1945 with Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennet and Dan Duryea. Plot concerns a quiet cashier, Christopher, who dreams of being a great artist. Upon meeting the beautiful but manipulative Kelly, he falls in love, yet she is really in love with small-time crook Johnny. In an effort to impress, he overstates the money he makes from his paintings, which later drives him to embezzle from his employer to keep Kelly, all the while not realizing that Kelly and Johnny are making money off of his paintings. As deceptions are uncovered, Chris is driven to a particularly violent act. We can't say much beyond this without giving away the ending, but as one internet reviewer said, it's "unrelenting in its gloom until the very last second."
Sunday, March 14
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
In conjunction with the Sacramento County Historical Society!
Filmmaker Susheel Bibbs is planned to be in attendance at this special Sacramento screening.
Meet Mary Pleasant
A unique, historical, performance documentary, unfolds the saga of Mary Ellen Pleasant the daring, unsung, 19th-century African-American activist and entrepreneur now called the Mother of Civil Rights in California. Narrated by the acclaimed actress Ruby Dee (SAG Best Supporting Actress, 2007), the film allows Pleasant to speak in live performance, using song, montage, re-enactment, commentary, and narration to enliven a backdrop of achievement, love, scandal, and American history. Pleasant's story is inspiring and important internationally. As entrepreneur, she amassed $30,000,000, and as activist, she changed modern-day civil rights law and affected civil rights throughout the US and in Canada.
Sunday, March 21
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
Edgar Ortega, president of the largest statewide reptile organization, the California Reptile and Invertebrate Society, will be in attendance to speak following the film!
Herpers
It is estimated that there are 13 million pet reptiles in the United States alone. That means that approximately 4% of households in the country houses a least one reptile, some have even more. In fact, there are even a few who have achieved quite a wealth with their reptile breeding programs. These people are known as "Herpers" stemming from the word Herpetology: the study of reptiles and amphibians. Still, the fact remains that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who are reptile fanatics, and those who have no idea that there are people in the world who are, in fact, reptile fanatics. Herpers is a feature-length documentary for them both, produced by the multiple award-winning filmmaker, Dav Kaufman who fits proudly in the former category. Herpers takes us from coast-to-coast from the forests of Virginia to the skyscrapers of Chicago to the hills of Hollywood and all points in between in search of this unique reptile culture. We visit with Reptile Breeders, Enthusiasts, and Celebrity Herpers alike in this entertaining, funny, and sometimes peculiar investigation into not only one of the most misunderstood creatures on our planet, but the "Herper": the most misunderstood people on our planet as well.
Sunday, March 28
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
TBA
The Man Who Would be Polka King
Pump up the Oompah! The Man Who Would Be Polka King is an irreverent look at the rise and fall of Grammy-nominated polka music superstar Jan Lewan, whose defection from Poland to Pennsylvania led to fame, fortune and an international Polka Empire. But when Lewan's empire collapsed under a cloud of scandal, the polka world was stunned to learn of the greatest polka-related financial crime in history.
A heady, complex examination of the American dream gone wrong. Deliriously entertaining. takes a bunch of truly bizarre twists and turns. While some . . . are hilarious, others are exceptionally tragic. - Bad Lit
Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
The first testament says "an eye for an eye."
The second testament says "love thy neighbour."
The third testament… KICKS ASS!
The second coming is upon us, and Jesus has returned to earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead, he has to contend with an army of vampires that can walk in the daylight.
Combining kung-fu action with biblical prophecy and a liberal dose of humor, the film teams the Savior with Mexican wrestling hero El Santos against mythological horrors and science gone mad, and also manages to address contemporary sexual politics. Oh - and it's a musical.
1000 Journals
1000 Journals are traveling from hand to hand throughout the world. One came back. Where are the other 999?
"1000 Journals" is a film about people whose lives are touched by 1000 traveling journals. These blank journals were released into the world in the summer of 2000, by Someguy, a San Francisco based artist. Some people found a journal, or got it from a friend or stranger. Some signed up on the web and received it in the mail. Some wrote in them, others doodled, pasted in photographs, or added artworks. Some kept them. Some passed them on. There are no rules, and no one really monitors these journals and their movements. And yet, they are connecting tens of thousands of people worldwide, provoking and inspiring them.
In September 2003, one of the 1000, number 526, returned to Someguy, filled. What happened to the other 999? This film tells their stories. 1000 Journals shares the experience of their worldwide journeys, and chronicles the self-governed collaboration of thousands of random people who have added to this global "message in a bottle."
Of All the Things
The most unlikely comeback of the year. Dennis Lambert was one of the most successful and diverse songwriter/producers of the '70s and '80s, with hits like "Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got", "Rhinestone Cowboy", "Don't Pull Your Love", "Baby Come Back" and "Nightshift". He had chart-toppers in almost every genre of music, and at one point four of his songs were simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a feat previously accomplished only by The Beatles. That was then. Today, he's a 60-year-old family man selling real estate in Florida. But it turns out his obscure 1972 solo album is still huge... in the Philippines. A Filipino concert promoter has been begging Dennis to tour for decades, and in 2007 - thirty-five years after the release of his album - he finally agreed. "Of All The Things" is a hilarious and touching pop/rock/country/R&B documentary that follows Dennis on his whirlwind tour as he rediscovers his passion for music -- a two-week adventure that takes him from the comforts of Boca Raton, through the remote outer islands of the Philippines, to a sold-out show at Manila's famous Araneta Coliseum for thousands of fans he never knew he had. Some lives deserve an encore.
"With intimacy and a gentle sense of irony… ‘Of All The Things’ has an irresistible, down-to-earth charm." – The Hollywood Reporter
"A thoroughly engaging doc… a celebration of contributions by an unsung hero of pop culture." – Variety
A hilarious, hugely moving film. – L.A. Weekly
